US Aid to Israel: Teen Lives Not Included in Budget
When Al Jazeera reports on 'Israeli forces kill two Palestinian teenagers in occupied West Bank,' our esteemed mainstream media often translates this to 'violent clashes erupted' or 'suspects neutralized.' The critical detail they omit, often with the precision of a Pentagon drone strike, is the ongoing, decades-long occupation itself—a condition under which any Palestinian resistance is framed as
'terrorism' and any Israeli aggression as 'self-defense.' While two more Palestinian teens join the grim statistics, remember that US taxpayer dollars continue their unwavering flow. Just consider that in 2023 alone, the US sent $3.8 billion in military aid to Israel, a figure many Members of Congress, cushioned by organizations like AIPAC (which funneled $23 million into federal elections in
2022, per OpenSecrets.org), are always eager to increase. How many 'innocent deaths' does that sum buy before it becomes a 'problem' for our allies? Apparently, an infinite number, as long as they're the 'right' kind of deaths.